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Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYGFGDQ188S)

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Title	Start	End

Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product	2012-10-26	Current

Source

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis	2012-10-26	Current
The White House: Office of Management and Budget	2013-03-20	Current

Release

Debt to Gross Domestic Product Ratios	2012-10-26	Current

Units

Percent of GDP	2012-10-26	Current

Frequency

Quarterly	2012-10-26	Current

Seasonal Adjustment

Seasonally Adjusted	2012-10-26	Current

Notes

Federal Debt Held by the Public as Percent of Gross Domestic Product (FYGFGDQ188S) was first constructed by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis in October 2012. It is calculated using Federal Debt Held by the Public (FYGFDPUN) and Gross Domestic Product, 1 Decimal (GDP): FYGFGDQ188S = ((FYGFDPUN/1000)/GDP)*100 FYGFDPUN/1000 transforms FYGFDPUN from millions of dollars to billions of dollars.	2012-10-26	Current

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